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Matt, cool tree. Thanks for doing a WIP.
It's a coincidence because I am doing a more traditional tree at the same time. Pen and wash. Will post it tomorrow.Earl, Jon and Sandra, cool doodles!!!Sandra, I like the oil platform as well. Your portraits are getting better and better.

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"May I impress upon every reader that illustration is life as you perceive and interpret it. That is you heritage as and artist and it is the quality which will be sought for in your work. Try never to lose it or subordinate it to the personality of another."
-Andrew Loomis-

Matt, the first draft is beautiful. It has the brokenness of an old tree. But the ending piece is no less. You have made a very good sky to complement it. Colored pencils all the way or you put some soft pastels in the background?

After work, I sketched a Guan Yin, the goddess who protects fishermen in Chinese mythology, with Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencil.

The darker background was brushed hard with a harder brush and I really liked the effect. The highlights was achieved with a Vanish eraser and it was just the right light lift of the Holbein gouache colors. The pix one was fine except these awful heavy lines beside the ear on the face when I scanned it and realized it's not working.

I tried to erase those pesky lines and then of course erased the gouache. Now I had to recoat the whole face again. This time, I tried to lift the gouache with a moist brush to test out effect.

Ack,....it looks so uneven!!

So went back in with more colored pencils. It's unsalvageable so to say.

This one taught me to stick with erasing gouache or watercolor with an eraser and use a light touch with colored pencil when putting layers on. I can't stand not being able to smooth out the face or control how much I could lift.

Prem, nice loose pencil sketch!Sandra, I could always use some luck when I go fishing. Especially now when I am stuck so close to my truck when I do go.
Nice job.

This is my first tree. It's funny Matt did his WIP just as I was doing this one.
I actually got a request to do one in one color watercolor. I added some ink, though.

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Jakehttp://petsandart.blogspot.com
"May I impress upon every reader that illustration is life as you perceive and interpret it. That is you heritage as and artist and it is the quality which will be sought for in your work. Try never to lose it or subordinate it to the personality of another."
-Andrew Loomis-

Here are just a few quick sketches from this morning. Just practicing different body types.

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Jakehttp://petsandart.blogspot.com
"May I impress upon every reader that illustration is life as you perceive and interpret it. That is you heritage as and artist and it is the quality which will be sought for in your work. Try never to lose it or subordinate it to the personality of another."
-Andrew Loomis-

Jake, that tree has a very nice lower layer of branches that makes it unique. It'll be interesting to see what colors you apply to it. Hope you catch lots of fishes. They usually put a Guan Yin near the hill closest to the water.

Start of the weekend means the start of my testing.

Today I played with Aquabee Artist Marker paper that is super smooth. It's ideal for Faber Castell Polychromos colored pencil as in my little doodled creature. The girl has Holbein flesh color watercolor Jaune Brilliant. That's the color most manga artist use for their characters. I messed it up with some greens and reds from the lips but it's a very pleasant flesh color that Daniel Smith doesn't have. Her garment is Derwent Graphitint. Hair is Faber Castell.

Thanks, Sandra. I like all body types. The curvy ones are fun to draw as well.
Those sketches are great. I like the blouse on the one lady. Came out great.
Isn't it funny how many people pose with their hands above their heads?
The turtle like character with the big feet is funny and who doesn't like monkeys?

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Jakehttp://petsandart.blogspot.com
"May I impress upon every reader that illustration is life as you perceive and interpret it. That is you heritage as and artist and it is the quality which will be sought for in your work. Try never to lose it or subordinate it to the personality of another."
-Andrew Loomis-

Tirtha, I love that rich glorious landscape! I can feel the heat and taste the moisture, hear the water lapping against the boat I'd be in to have exactly that view. It's incredible. It seems overwhelmingly green and as I look closer, it's not, the oranges and the soft lavenders and muted cool mixed colors all make the bright yellow and green accents leap out more. This painting is fantastic.

Sandra, gorgeous drawings and sketches and paintings. Guan Yin is beautiful, she's my favorite, though she seems a little androgynous with the mustache.

Jake, sensual and accurate figure drawings of so many female body types. Well done! Also a very cool tree. I like the way foliage clumps frame areas of branches and trunk, it's more open and natural than most trees.

Prem, that's a splendid rocky mountain! You give a great sense of its size and harshness.

A Page of Little Ari Drawings
Pitt Artist Pen (black brush tip) on Lanaquarelle 100% rag watercolor paper.
Every one of these is from life. Ari posed for me last night, always adorable.

Finished it! This is part of an art trade with Colorix along with several of my pastels. All I need to do now is choose the right size of box or envelope to pack all the art carefully and ship it out to her, then she'll ship me one of her glorious pastel paintings. I can't wait to see it in person!

It wasn't tough drawing Ari. It was tough doing that many little Ari drawings on the same page in permanent ink without hesitation, without corrections, without any of them getting botched so I'd need to restart the page. The farther along I got, the tougher it was adding more while keeping the balance of the page. I did it this morning. He was posing and looked cute, I had to draw him again and took the chance I could finish the Page of Little Ari without wrecking it. YAY!

My beloved model is sitting behind me on the top of the armchair. He just kicked me in the cheek with a big soft cat foot while he was washing himself. He had to brace his foot somewhere, why not my face? It's sweet - such a soft foot, not a trace of a claw, just a gentle pressure bracing himself so he doesn't fall over in his silly position washing. Love this cat so much.